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What did the colonial department expect from forest villages?

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Correct answer: To provide free labour

Colonial forest authorities wanted forest villages to serve the needs of the forest department. In many places, villagers were expected to work without proper payment, especially when forests were being surveyed, cleared, managed or used for government purposes. Such forced or unpaid labour placed an additional burden on communities that were already losing customary forest rights. It also showed that colonial administration treated villagers as a labour supply.

Option A is correct because the expected service was free or forced labour, commonly associated with begar. The other choices have no meaningful connection with the working arrangements of forest villages. The question tests how colonial forest policies controlled both natural resources and human labour. Thus, the answer should be understood as compulsory labour demanded from local people rather than voluntary employment with fair wages.

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Forest VillagesFree LabourBegar

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